Snake Sticks

~ Snake Sticks~

Little one (shhh!!me too) is a sucker for cute food

and a die hard fan for all those cutie pie treats that

makes her tiny little heart top of the world.Healthy

homemade food that resembles a character from

the zoo, fairy-tales or cartoon coloring book are

always a bigggg hit amongst kids . I couldn't stop

myself from heading to the kitchen after seeing

these cuties at Crista's blog..... Little one loved

dipping the snakes in her soup eshhhhh .....

Snake (snack) Sticks !!

Cumin flavored savory breadsticks .

Original recipe states Refrigerated Breadstick dough, but its

not easy to find here hence I happily used the regular jeera

(cumin) cracker recipe n it worked wonderfully.

Gliding thru the oven ..Hissssss.......

Recipe for Cumin flavored breadsticks -

Ingredients - 2 cups refined flour ( i took 1 cup whole wheat & 1 cup refined ),

1 1/2 tsp salt , 1 tsp baking powder , 1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1/4 tsp roasted cumin

powder,1 tsp powdered sugar , 1/2 cup olive or refined oil, 1 egg , a few

peppercorns , dry whole chillies and wooden skewers .

Method- Sift together flour, salt & baking powder, mix in the cumin seeds &

cumin powder. Beat the egg & mix in sugar & oil . Knead into soft dough

adding a few tbsps of water as required. Divide the dough into 15 portions &

roll each into sticks (coils ) . Wrap each coil around a greased skewer . Flatten

one of the ends to resemble a snake's mouth & place two peppercorns for the

eyes. Cut out a piece from the chilly & put it as the tongue. Place on a greased

tray & bake in a preheated oven at 180C / gas mark 4 for 20-25 mins

or until light brown & crisp . Cool & serve .

Featured on Child magazine (July '11 issue)

Glad to share with you the Tiffin Time that got featured

in the July '11 issue of Child magazine . Click (link)

to read . A warm thanks to the Child family & all my

lovely viewers who motivate me for all the creations.

Angry Birds

~ Angry Birds ~

The Angry Birds fever has gripped my family too....

hubby n little one are obsessed with the birdy puzzle

game. Being not a a video/ computer game person ,

I happily sink my head into books and magazines

while the daddy- daughter duo are hooked to their

game. The cute looking vibrant colored birds of all

shapes n sizes are something that I totally love ....

The Giant Red Bird from the game is the inspiration

behind this fruity version .....Little one had so much

fun helping & eating it too......

Big Bird on my plate !!

Sliced Watermelon (small size) topped with cucumber,

olives & Canary melon/yellow melon beak .

Tiffin Tunes

~ Three Little Birds ~

I have grown up hearing Bob Marley's eternal

optimistic melody - Three Little Birds & totally

admire its beautiful lyrics. 'Don't worry about a thing,

cause every little thing gonna be all right ....' The

musical version of this song by Connie Talbot is my

little one's all time favorite . Got an idea of making

this song inspired tiffin while watching the video a

couple of days back .....

Song in my Tiffin

Birds- Savory Lentil balls decorated with cheese, capsicum

corn & carrot to resemble a penguin, a chick & a green

billed toucan . Served with garden fresh salad

& some saffron flavored kheer (Indian milk dessert ).